Local 3 congratulates Brendan Griffith on being elected president of the NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the largest regional labor organization in the country representing over 1.5 million workers across 300 affiliated unions.
Brendan, who also teaches at the SUNY Empire State College Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies (HVA SLS) and is a member of Iron Workers Local 40 and United University Professions (UUP), was elected by the CLC delegates at their meeting held on July 17th. He succeeds Vinny Alvarez, who had served in the full-time role since 2011 and has been a Local 3 member since 1990. Local 3 extends our congratulations to Vinny on his 14-year tenure as NYC CLC President and thanks him for his service on behalf of our membership and union workers throughout the five boroughs.
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